University Daily Kansan / Friday, May 5, 1989
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County tries new devices
- Continued from p. 25
"The program was designed for people who have been sentenced in state or local correctional facilities," Mateste said. "Instead of taking them back to court, or taking them to jail, we have this new monitor device."
The Douglas County office is putting the devices through a test run for the next six months, said Matese.
"My main concern is to see if it fits or if it is a viable tempting option, something we can use that is not too costly," he said. "The advisory board has approved this as a pilot project."
Marsella Dorsay, sales administrator for B.I. Inc., a Boulder, Colo., company that makes the devices, said that the wrist bands cost $6.95 a
unit a day.
an hour. The ankle band costs average of about $6 a day, and the Visitel television costs $5.0 a day.
An entire system of 20 to 25 units and the computer system can be purchased for about $75,000, Dorsey said.
Ramusen said that use of the home monitor devices had slowed the rate of drug abuse the Oregon county.
"So far, we've been very pleased with the results. This is a better way of dealing with these guys — we especially the hard-core computer users down to 33 percent, when their average income is 50 to 60 percent."
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